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A new Roblox study shows how longer suspensions help curb bad behavior on platforms
Misbehavior on digital platforms can be tricky to manage. Issue warnings, and you risk not deterring bad behavior. Block too readily, and…
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Your reliance on ChatGPT might be really bad for your brain
If you value critical thinking, you may want to rethink your use of ChatGPT. As graduates proudly show off using ChatGPT for final…
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The Download: future grids, and bad boy bots
Is this the electric grid of the future? Lincoln Electric System, a publicly owned utility in Nebraska, is used to weathering severe…
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OpenAI can rehabilitate AI models that develop a “bad boy persona”
The extreme nature of this behavior, which the team dubbed “emergent misalignment,” was startling. A thread about the work by Owain Evans,…
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James Frey’s New Cancelled-Guy Sex Novel Is as Bad as It Sounds
The author page of “Next to Heaven,” James Frey’s new novel, breathlessly notes that Frey “was called America’s Most Notorious Author by…
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Why is my hay fever so bad this year?
Philippa Roxby and Smitha Mundasad Health reporters Pollen levels are forecast to be high or very high in many parts of the UK over the…
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What Is So Bad About a Nuclear Iran?
For one, the regime is the foremost state sponsor of terrorism on earth. Source link
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Tariffs, end of EV tax credits, and bad consumer sentiment are ruining automakers’ plans
The ongoing tariff war, the potential end of federal incentives, and a general slowdown in consumer demand all spell uncertainty for the…
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Trump Just Got Some Bad News Before the G7 Conference
In an instance of exceptional depravity, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a pregnant U.S. citizen just days before her…
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Transcript: Trump’s Violent Outbursts Go Off Rails as Bad Poll Hits
Morris: Yeah, and this is the pattern. This is the same pattern. Last time, it was less about deportations, much more about securing the…
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Trump’s Angry, Violent Outbursts Go Nuclear as Poll Delivers Bad News
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump issued a direct promise to use “heavy force” on protesters who dare show up to his military parade this…
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Why your phone habits leave you feeling so bad
For those who’ve been in the situation where we unlock our phone and start futzing around on our home screen, only to find ourselves…
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UBS’s US$26 billion capital hit isn’t quite as bad as it seems
THE US$26 billion headline capital charge to protect Swiss taxpayers from the risk that UBS Group ever fails is worse than anyone…
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The good, the bad and the ugly of DEI
OVER the past two decades, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) has moved from the periphery of corporate discourse to become a key…
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The Download: funding a CRISPR embryo startup, and bad news for clean cement
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Reddit is suing Anthropic…
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How bad is it? Biden's White House press secretary dumps the Democratic Party
Things are so bad for Democrats right now that President Biden's press secretary quit the party. Source link
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Test Results Confirm How Bad the Fact-Checking Was on Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif
The confident claims that the boxer is a woman look less defensible today. Source link
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As AI models start exhibiting bad behavior, it’s time to start thinking harder about AI safety
Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. You can sign up to…
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Corruption Is Bad, Actually
When politicians use the levers of government to enrich themselves, it damages democracy. Source link
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Why Good Ideas Die Quietly and Bad Ideas Go Viral
The internet—it seemed like such a good idea at the time. Under conditions of informational poverty, our ancestors had no choice but to…
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The FDA plans to limit access to covid vaccines. Here’s why that’s not all bad.
“Of course there are children with health problems who should definitely have it,” says Dunachie. “But for healthy children in healthy…
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Thai banks' bad loans rise to 2.9% in Q1
Thai banks’ non-performing loans rose to 2.90 per cent of outstanding loans at the end of March from 2.78 per cent at the end of December,…
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US: Stocks end mostly up, rebounding from bad GDP report
Wall Street stocks finished mostly higher on Wednesday (Apr 30) after digesting a poor US GDP reading that was offset by solid consumer…
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Rumaan Alam and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Female Protagonist
The writer Rumaan Alam has noticed that readers, especially as of late, can be quick to dismiss novels that have characters they find…